This an early attempt at Milky Way photography while in a remote region of Death Valley National Park. My son and I had some time off during summer several years ago and we had a lot of fun exploring the Eastern Sierras for photo locations. Since then it has become one of my favorite locations to visit.
My son and I had a wonderful experience in the Bristlecone Pine forests of the White Mountains a few years ago. During that trip, I had experimented with star trails but had completely forgotten about the images until recently, I decided to clean up my hard drive. I was about to delete the files but then decided to give them a try and was pleasantly surprised at the outcome. So, this is my first attempt at star trails.
After several false attempts I finally ended up at Schulman Grove as the Milky Way season was drawing to a close. This ancient bristlecone pine is obviously very popular as several like minded photographers showed up as the evening progressed. Amazingly, everyone worked together to light up the tree with two low level lights. Taken with a Nikon D850/ 14-24mm, f2.8 lens Settings for MW was 14mm, f2.8, 13sec at ISO 6400, 10 exposures were blended in Starry Landscape Stacker to reduce noise.
